Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-25

The Balsstiun Arny, enssrinr Tndiu
nE1 yansa 80. las nu9 80 EneIizh ani
DntiEs mizsianaxisn
/ Nisnna aands the Pars 4 auldeu eros
eend444 with rsrBl1us sEanaa. u cd
lo9Og aexfnss q uhiah the EDpszss
rave 00A
Ths AnsEIoan BIbls soeissy rspo<ss
toe euttEs cfEs1lAfion for Ehs YsaR ind
me Mosemher 81. a I ,lk7s 10 vulumea.
@ weieh SCI SIS weEs dialribu1ed IN
fozssRn Lands. = nlpis ThszngD.
Tks rscsipss a ~ BEitisk ana fer
e1En ard he Amarican B1hIs sneie1ies
from thar oTialu % The plan1na yeaz
amount % Sl6o.6By IS. The amounf
Egoelved b. thasa urRnmixaaiona for tha
lass year reached l1eal o. 81. 40, So
Ths Esu Yask CkFnnss Mi.sinn has
6elueea 400 and 800 celestials II IL
sabbath Schools. Ahonk aixfy have
joined fhe various ehurshes. The Gess
sabbath 6nhnal for these people wns
founded IN Neg York eighteen yeaEs
eco.
Oes e he German papess siaiss list
-at Wanna lsz1 year No lesB than 81
Jews became ChFistians,n and aD0tksr
paDer tells ~ thaa al No period since
Ne nrst ocufnry have conversions from
judaism 10 Christianity hesn 20 fire.
quant - thsT are - he present"
The German RovsFnmans aIieBs The
minister Of ouly enc form 81 religion
In its colouieA On this system is has
given 10 the Roman 0afholios the ax~
eiusive occupation Of Q large territory
stretching from the eags African eoase
70 killime1iaEo, and almost oontexmin-
Gus With the territory o. The German
East African Company.
The statistics az an The churches In
japan, give fha fetal Of orRanixsd
churuhes e l98, Of which number SIXTY.
four are self supporting. The total I'd
dition reported IN 1885 was so. This
makea the membsEship Oh tie lst Of
January. 1887. 20 BE- fl6i5 tl26 we're
addsd b January, 1851. Az all the
baptisms were mos fepor1ed, the mem
must Be upWard Of 1900. There are
contributions In 1855 9sEe 81. e66 Mex
acansl.
A Massachusetts, pastor, Who 10 him
salt tie embsdimens Of good cheer,
preached e q wsli-known summer 70
sort lately fFem the fsxt aFfst not thy
sslf,D and Il h said that theFe neveF
vas 90 little frettinQ on Monday
morning IN the Kitchens Of that tovn |
befoFel Tbs good effect Of The sermon
uas shown, also, e the hetels, where
ons man, Who had grumbled daily over
bis food, on that Sabbath noon pro-
nouocsd the ca0wder excellent, and 1
suntinusd to praise the cooking till be |
Isfs town. Hera In q HAT 10 ministers |
10 give their hearers practical, a. well /
y dootRinal traths-C0agrsga tioRalist.
Rev. DE-. Charles 8. Pomeroy, ct
has collected some statistics
zoing 20 show that the growth Of o.
Iholiciam In this country u not 90 rap |
a as the growth Of the Protestant /
shurehes. From 1850 10 1SeO Catholic /
priests increase 500; but meanwhile
ordained ministers In
sreased 1256; Bapiists, II, - and Meth
odiats. 16.IS0. 70 say nothing Of the
1ther great den0minations. Tho latest
statistics Qivs about 1000 900 Catholics.
men, Women and children;
bat II they bad only held theiF own, 80 |
soFdinQ 70 Dr.. P0meroy, they should |
have numbered 22.G0Q.000.
The Telugu Mission. in Inaia. whsFs
soRk was carried on for 80 many yeaFs
Nth hardly q single esnveFt. Il nov one
II the most hopeful Acids under the "a
Ser the charge Of the American Baptiste
he record Of the last year being espe-
sially cheering. when nifty two
receive in twelve Months l072
making the average more than twenty
Tor each church, snd double their con-
Of the presiding year, giving,
q all, sums equivalent 70 $1,000 it
nay veil be said thai the converts Of
foreign missions compare quite favor
IDLY with Christians at ho@e.